Call for Entries: 2008 Zora Kipel Prize Competition in Belarusian Studies

[Curt F. Woolhiser]

Call for Entries: 2008 Zora Kipel Prize Competition

The North American Association for Belarusian Studies and the family of Zora
Kipel are pleased to solicit entries for the 2008 Zora Kipel Prize competition.
The prizes, $500.00 for books and $200.00 for articles, will be awarded to the
authors of outstanding new publications in the fields of Belarusian cultural
studies, linguistics, literature, history and politics. Books and articles
published between 2004 and 2008 in either English or Belarusian are eligible.
We particularly encourage scholars based in North America to enter the
competition (entrants need not, however, be members of NAABS). Winners will be
selected by a panel of judges made up of NAABS officers and members. To enter
the competition, please send a copy of your book or article to the following
address by August 1, 2008:

Dr. Curt Woolhiser
Harvard University
Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Barker Center 327, 12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-3804

Winners will be announced in January 2009.


Call for Entries: Zora Kipel Prize for Student Research Papers in Belarusian
Studies

NAABS and the family of Zora Kipel are pleased to solicit entries for the 2008
Zora Kipel Prize for outstanding research papers in Belarusian studies by
undergraduate and graduate students. Unpublished papers at least 15 pages
(double-spaced) in length, written between 2005 and 2008 are eligible for the
2008 competition. We particularly encourage undergraduate and graduate students
from universities and colleges in North America to enter the competition
(entrants need not, however, be members of NAABS). Winners will be selected by
a panel of judges made up of NAABS officers and members. To enter the
competition, please send three copies of your paper to the following address by
August 1, 2008:

Dr. Curt Woolhiser
Harvard University
Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Barker Center 327, 12 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-3804

Winners will be announced in January 2009.


NAABS Mission Statement

The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS) is a
non-profit scholarly organization which promotes research, study, and teaching
in all aspects of Belarusian studies, including the fields of history, language
and linguistics, literature and the arts, cultural studies, sociology,
anthropology, political science, economics, and international relations. To
achieve these goals, and to foster the exchange of information among scholars
engaged in various aspects of Belarusian studies, the Association publishes a
biannual newsletter, _Naviny_, sponsors panels and roundtables at international,
national and regional conferences in the U.S. and Canada, organizes conferences
and symposia, and supports the publication of research by North American
Belarusianists.
     For further information about the Association and its activities, including
recent issues of the newsletter and membership information, please see the
NAABS website: www.belarusianstudies.org.




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Curt Woolhiser
Preceptor in Slavic Languages
Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Harvard University
12 Quincy St., Barker Center
Cambridge, MA 02138-3879 USA

Tel. (617) 495-3528
Fax (617) 496-4466
email: cwoolhis at fas.harvard.edu
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